whether he wwll seek a hike in eithertheesales tax or gas tax...to payfoorhhghways and mass transitt 3 maayland officials labee thhs pear's inffuenza as 'wideepread.' ''idesppeed.'paul gessler protect yourself with a flu shot.paul-- & 3 itts onee hing to hear these pleas from health officials... but, i talkee to a family who paiifully knows all too welll.. how serious the flu pan be..--3 be. 3&pkrista respass, mother:"in every room, theee's a piece of jonah here, too."flu seasoo hits the espass family harder than most.krista: "you cut his hairr nd he looks like a baby again."their son, jonah, died five yearr ago.krista 3 sudden cardiac arrest, as a reeulttof the flu--the seasonal fll."krrstt and harryy &phad just brought jonah back respass, mother:"we knew riiht -3& away it was the flu, beccuse we had both had itt"harry respass, father:"within a couple hours later,,that's when everything changed." 3 90 minuues of mmetucking him 33 to check on him, he was gone.. jonah was 2 and a half years old.harryyrespass, father:"he woulddbe in thh eeond grade now."krist